Bowmanville, ON, resident Rose Finlay said she will have medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in a little over one week because of her disability. .“I’m a quadriplegic single mom raising two kids with disabilities, and I’ve spent the last 79 days trying to raise as much awareness as I possibly can,” said Finlay in a video. .“There is a huge and detrimental discrepancy that exists in the supports available to disabled Ontarians.” .Finlay said it takes six to eight months to receive the Ontario Disability Support Program and 91 days to have MAiD because of her disability and decreasing quality of life. She claimed her quality of life decreased based on the level of support she receives. .People have accused her of choosing MAiD and abandoning her children. The reality is she has been sick many times in the last one and-a-half years. .Every time she gets sick, she gets more sick than the time before. She suffers from acute kidney pain, a fever, chills, body tremors, a splitting headache, muscle spasms, and extreme nausea. .Finlay went on to say she has spent the last few days “feeling like absolute crap, not being very useful to my kids, and being really afraid.” If she continues living in a setting without adequate supports, her doctor said she will die. .One of the comments she received on past videos about her MAiD journey has been about her children. They will be sent to live with their father. .While it will not be great for them, she said the reality is she is “not going to live much longer if my situation and the outcome is still the same.”.“I just hope showing people more of this side of things will help people understand the outcome is the same for me if I’m not able to make change,” she said. .An Ontario disabled man followed through with MAiD in November because he no longer wanted to struggle to survive on the little money he had left. .READ MORE: Ontario disabled man to have assisted suicide to escape poverty.“I cannot go on living this way,” said the man who went by the alias Disabled Ontarian. .“#maid is the only help offered.”
Bowmanville, ON, resident Rose Finlay said she will have medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in a little over one week because of her disability. .“I’m a quadriplegic single mom raising two kids with disabilities, and I’ve spent the last 79 days trying to raise as much awareness as I possibly can,” said Finlay in a video. .“There is a huge and detrimental discrepancy that exists in the supports available to disabled Ontarians.” .Finlay said it takes six to eight months to receive the Ontario Disability Support Program and 91 days to have MAiD because of her disability and decreasing quality of life. She claimed her quality of life decreased based on the level of support she receives. .People have accused her of choosing MAiD and abandoning her children. The reality is she has been sick many times in the last one and-a-half years. .Every time she gets sick, she gets more sick than the time before. She suffers from acute kidney pain, a fever, chills, body tremors, a splitting headache, muscle spasms, and extreme nausea. .Finlay went on to say she has spent the last few days “feeling like absolute crap, not being very useful to my kids, and being really afraid.” If she continues living in a setting without adequate supports, her doctor said she will die. .One of the comments she received on past videos about her MAiD journey has been about her children. They will be sent to live with their father. .While it will not be great for them, she said the reality is she is “not going to live much longer if my situation and the outcome is still the same.”.“I just hope showing people more of this side of things will help people understand the outcome is the same for me if I’m not able to make change,” she said. .An Ontario disabled man followed through with MAiD in November because he no longer wanted to struggle to survive on the little money he had left. .READ MORE: Ontario disabled man to have assisted suicide to escape poverty.“I cannot go on living this way,” said the man who went by the alias Disabled Ontarian. .“#maid is the only help offered.”
